megistan denotes prominent men named among rulers, officers, merchants, or leading people.

The term denotes men distinguished within prominent social groups: those named with military officers and leading men, those associated with the earth's traders, and those listed alongside kings, officers, the rich, and the strong.

1. Prominent men within public leadership · dominant

   In Mark 6:21, the dative plural form occurs in the banquet list alongside nobles, military officers, and the leading men of Galilee; the APB renders the verse with “the leading men of Galilee.” In Revelation 6:15, the nominative plural form is included in a list with kings, military officers, the rich, and the strong who hide in caves and mountain rocks; the APB renders “the great men.” In Revelation 18:23, the nominative plural identifies the earth's traders in the clause explaining why the nations were led astray; the APB renders “the great men of the earth.”

   Mark 6:21Revelation 6:15Revelation 18:23

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the group as “the leading men of Galilee” in Mark 6:21 and as “the great men” in Revelation 6:15 and Revelation 18:23. These renderings confirm the verses' presentation of prominent men without establishing finer distinctions.